Shows for Those Who Think 'The New Normal' Is Too Normal

"I am not adopting a baby any time soon," said Adam Goldman, placing his iced coffee down on the table for emphasis. "That is just not in the cards for me. That is foreign."

It was a sunny Friday morning in the backyard of Glass Shop, the coffee shop du jour in Crown Heights, and Mr. Goldman was growing increasingly heated during a discussion of "Modern Family," the hugely popular ABC series in which a...